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To: Huck; tacticalogic
Yo Huck,

You know of course that your buddy, the anti constitutional Patrick Henry at the VA Ratifying Convention proposed the following amendment, right?

“That each state in the Union shall respectively retain every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Constitution delegated to the Congress of the United States, or to the departments of the federal government.”

Kinda reads like the 10th, doesn't it?

84 posted on 04/18/2011 9:34:29 AM PDT by Jacquerie
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To: Jacquerie

Yes it does. The only version of the 10th with any teeth in it contained the phrase “expressly delegated.” That’s why it was defeated.


88 posted on 04/18/2011 9:58:49 AM PDT by Huck (“We must have universal healthcare,” Donald Trump.)
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